Cheesecake Report!

Today was a baking day at the Cheesecake Maven's hangout. I'm experimenting with using some alternative, natural sweeteners and more organic ingredients. Ever heard of Organic Raw Blue Agave? Well, I've used it as a sweetener for coffee and tea before, but had never thought to try it in a cheesecake. Agave is a natural sweetener extracted from the heart of the Blue Agave plant. It's produced at low temperatures and has a very full, sweet flavor, with just a hint of a molasses flavor. It has a low glycemic index (GI) so it is slowly absorbed into the body, so you don't get those spikes in blood sugar. I substituted 1 cup of agave for 1 cup of sugar in the recipe and added one extra egg white to absorb the liquid from the agave. Well, the proof will be in the pudding, or should I say 'in the cheesecake'! I'll let you all know how it works.

I'm switching all of my cheesecake ingredients over to organic whenever possible. Of course, this will mean an increase in the cost per cake, but just think how much healthier you'll feel! You can now eat a piece of cheesecake without all that guilt about it! (Well, you can eliminate some of the guilt anyway!)

Stay tuned for the next Cheesecake Report when we find out - Does Blue Agave make the cut or should we leave it for the birds?